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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't work for a family that has a nanny cam. I don't have anything to hide, but trust is huge for me. Families I've worked for in the past had full trust in me. If I found a nanny cam, I would be telling them to find a new nanny as I can't work for people that don't trust me.[/quote]

I truly don't get this. A parent's job is to put their kids first, not the feelings of their nanny. A nanny cam, particularly one they've told you about, is one tool for making sure that their trust is well placed. Especially in the first few weeks of a job, you are largely an unknown quantity. You'd expect them to run a background check, right?

Also, as a parent, you would never have them yourself? Most nannies say they hate them, but would also recommend to a friend that they install them ...[/quote]

+1.  I don't understand why you think parents should just blindly trust someone who is basically a stranger.  We can call all your references and do a background check but these are our children we are talking about and in general (not just when it pertains to nannies but in life in general) trust needs to be earned.  I would never hire a nanny who wasn't comfortable with cameras.  We don't hide them and let every potential candidate know during their interview that we have them.  I've literally never, not once, had a nanny candidate who had a problem with them.  The very large majority said they completely understand and would do the same if they had children.  Our last nanny was with us for 2 years until we moved.  When we left she said she was glad we had cameras and to make sure we had them set up when we hired a new nanny because she wanted to make sure the children would be ok.[/quote]

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